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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rand state that capitalism is incompatible with?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Collectivism.
(c) Altruism.
(d) Happiness.

2. What conflict is apparent in We The Living?
(a) Collectivism vs. Government.
(b) Indiivual vs. Capitalism.
(c) Capitalism vs. Socialism.
(d) Individual vs. State.

3. Who is the man that Kira wants to save?
(a) Leo.
(b) Hank.
(c) Andrei.
(d) Howard.

4. Andrei viewed citizens in what way?
(a) As worker ants.
(b) As leeches.
(c) As angry mobs.
(d) As piles of flesh.

5. When was We The Living published?
(a) 1936.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1940.

6. Rand says that new intellectuals must acquire which of the following?
(a) Altruism.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Knowledge.

7. What did Kant allegedly close philosophy to?
(a) Reason.
(b) Morality.
(c) Emotion.
(d) Logic.

8. Rand suggests that a nation's bodyguards are which type of people?
(a) Government officials.
(b) Those who are physically strongest.
(c) Intellectuals.
(d) The military.

9. Rand states that the only tools of cognition are not which of the following?
(a) Negative feelings.
(b) Weapons.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Logical thoughts.

10. What does Rand believe capitalism wiped out?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Morality.
(c) Hard work.
(d) Slavery.

11. New intellectuals, says Rand, should not give into which of the following?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Despair.

12. In a dying society, how many choices does Rand say individuals have?
(a) One.
(b) Too many to count.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

13. What kind of relationship does Rand describe the archetypes Attila and Witch Doctor as having?
(a) They are allies.
(b) They are not affiliated.
(c) They are enemies.
(d) They are linked romantically.

14. The goal of this book is to do which of the following, according to Rand?
(a) Share a fictional story for pleasure.
(b) Present new information.
(c) Alarm Americans.
(d) Remind readers of a past warning.

15. What does Jeremy Bentham champion?
(a) Collectivism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Morality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kira asks Andrei what it feels like to be treated like which of the following?

2. Rand suggests that a culture should be judged by which of the following?

3. Which adjective does Rand use to describe America's culture?

4. What does Attila need protection from?

5. Freedom and philosophy first arose in which setting, according to Rand?

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